USA EB-1 Immigration Visa
What is an EB-1 Visa?
The EB-1 visa is an employment-based immigrant visa category in the United States that allows foreign individuals with extraordinary abilities, outstanding professors or researchers, or multinational executives or managers to obtain permanent residency (green card). It is designed for individuals who have achieved exceptional levels of expertise in their respective fields.
EB-1A Extraordinary Ability
What is EB-1A?
Must be able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences arts, education, business, or athletics through sustained national or international acclaim.
Must be able to meet at least 3 of the 10 listed criteria, or provide evidence of a one-time achievement such as an Academy Award, Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Olympic Medal, etc. and give evidence that you will be continuing to work in the area of expertise. No job offer or labor certification is required.
Criteria for extraordinary ability
Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence
Evidence of your membership in associations in the field that demand outstanding achievement of their members
Evidence of published material about you in professional or major trade publications or other major media
Evidence that you have been asked to judge the work of others, either individually or on a panel
Evidence of your original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
Evidence of your authorship of scholarly articles in professional or major trade publications or other major media
Evidence that your work has been displayed at artistic exhibitions or showcases
Evidence of your performance in a leading or critical role in distinguished organizations
Evidence that you command a high salary or other significantly high remuneration in relation to others in the field
Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts
EB-1B Outstanding Professors and Researchers
What is EB-1B?
Must demonstrate international recognition for outstanding achievements in a particular academic field. Must have three years of experience in teaching or research in the area. Must be entering the United States in order to pursue a tenure or tenure track or comparable research position at a university, institute of higher learning, or private employer. Must have 2 of 6 listed criteria and employment offer. A private employer must employ at least three researchers. No labor certification is required.
Criteria for outstanding professors and researchers
Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement
Evidence of membership in associations that require their members to demonstrate outstanding achievement
Evidence of published material in professional publications written by others about the alien’s work in the academic field
Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied academic field
Evidence of original scientific or scholarly research contributions in the field
Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with international circulation) in the field
EB-1C International Managers and Executives
What is EB-1C?
Must have been employed outside the United States for one year in the last three for the petitioning employer.
The US petitioner must have been doing business for one year and have a qualifying relationship to the entity you worked for outside the United States and you must have been employed in a managerial or executive capacity and must be coming to the United States in a managerial or executive capacity. No labor certification is required.
*In all of these categories, the spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 are included in the application
Do I qualify for EB-1 Immigration Visa?
Submit our 3-minute and straightforward EB-1 questionnaire and we will evaluate your potential EB-1 case.
